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approval on foreign policy was 36%. despite the president's response to what the public wants, not getting involved in the conflict in russia, his numbers have declined pretty substantially over the last six months. president obama has been very responsive to where the public has been on foreign policy. the numbers have gotten even worse. there is this real conflict. america is looking to the president for leadership on the issue. they are seeing the situation worsened and the president seeming to be helpless in affecting the outcome. there is a conflict with the american public does not want to much involvement but they want involvement when it comes to the actual outcome. rachel in reseda, california on our line for independence. can't believe all these ignorant callers. i don't know if they are watching cnn or msnbc or fox. news,ve to get unbiased go to -- you can go to presstv .com. i am totally behind putin. obama's host: that only makes sense,. you cannot put troops in the ukraine, but you can do that in the surro
approval on foreign policy was 36%. despite the president's response to what the public wants, not getting involved in the conflict in russia, his numbers have declined pretty substantially over the last six months. president obama has been very responsive to where the public has been on foreign policy. the numbers have gotten even worse. there is this real conflict. america is looking to the president for leadership on the issue. they are seeing the situation worsened and the president seeming...
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and thirdly, that a good foreign policy is a friendly foreign policy. let's begin by engaging with side's opposition on their highest ground. the idea of president reagan's demeanor and we agree a lot with what matthew had to say. he is the great communicator. he is the man able to unite the american people together. but just as he was told in the last speech, there are not very many men and women like reagan. he's ra rarity, had to replicate and oftentimes many of what reagan has to say is lost in translation. great things like mr. gorbachev, tear down that wall turn into, mr. trump saying, let's build a wall. as it turns out, that's rather important. but the same messages is what's trying to be said. the only difference is while reagan because he was such a man of great character is able to unite the people. donald trump, terrifies them. he divides them. and so, that is the difference between a united country and a divided one. it's not the difference in model. it's the difference in men. and that's what the key distinction is in today's round. calvin
and thirdly, that a good foreign policy is a friendly foreign policy. let's begin by engaging with side's opposition on their highest ground. the idea of president reagan's demeanor and we agree a lot with what matthew had to say. he is the great communicator. he is the man able to unite the american people together. but just as he was told in the last speech, there are not very many men and women like reagan. he's ra rarity, had to replicate and oftentimes many of what reagan has to say is...
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foreign-policy experience. in a world in chaos, or as henry kissinger put it, a period of disorder, i think we have some serious self reflection. >> i don't know if david will agree, i think a point to david made previously, goes to the heart of your concern. our foreign-policy is being run by a small group of people in the white house, most of whom have minimal foreign-policy experience. they've been doing it for six years, but it is as if it has been six days. regardless of who is elected issue is, does the white house run foreign-policy, or do we leave it to the professionals. people like yourself and others who serve in treasury, state commerce, we have a lot of international agencies, and young people are more interconnected with the world than any other generation. there is no inherent reason why we should be operating the way we are today. the key is, do we rely on our executive agencies to do what the law tells them to do, to the extent that a new administration, regardless of party will default back to
foreign-policy experience. in a world in chaos, or as henry kissinger put it, a period of disorder, i think we have some serious self reflection. >> i don't know if david will agree, i think a point to david made previously, goes to the heart of your concern. our foreign-policy is being run by a small group of people in the white house, most of whom have minimal foreign-policy experience. they've been doing it for six years, but it is as if it has been six days. regardless of who is...
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foreign policy going to waforward. a couple of months ago i reviewed bob gates' book and he refers in the book several times to the con trant -- contract on him. it's always about ensuring the public we weren't going to stay. we weren't in there forever that we were planning for the exit sort of thing. which if you know anything really cuts against the strategy because if you're trying to convince the people you're protecting in these countries, they want to believe you're sticking around and he had to worry about the public at home that was worried about us staying too long. so that is a constraint. now, the neo conservatives and the liberal hawks both have an answer to this problem and whether you look at it as a problem or not, it's a fact. the public is strongly opposed to military intervention. even the smaller than small ones. now the simple response is that this could be solved by leadership. you hear this all the time. leadership. strong leadership. if only the president or if only the national security team we
foreign policy going to waforward. a couple of months ago i reviewed bob gates' book and he refers in the book several times to the con trant -- contract on him. it's always about ensuring the public we weren't going to stay. we weren't in there forever that we were planning for the exit sort of thing. which if you know anything really cuts against the strategy because if you're trying to convince the people you're protecting in these countries, they want to believe you're sticking around and...
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policy of the country where i live, great britain, as moralistic because of foreign policy, and in some cases certainly libya in 2010, at first syria last year is more moralistic, not in religious terms available at all. in this work of obvious keyword since that in a deeper meaning it might. that moralism will continue to have religious and this even if it is not explicitly couched as religion or christian or whatever. i think i will end their. >> also for kevin comment andrew, speaking about your comment. >> probably a better answer than i do. >> i am wondering among 20th century presidents, can you think of someone for whom religion could not be translated 100% into morality, and an additional transcendent notion beyond morality, and that from the bottom up. >> i thought you were going -- i thought you were asking if i could think of 20th century u.s. presidents for whom religion wasn't the source for their foreign policy in moral terms or pragmatic terms, quite a few. it was not a source of morality, and imponderables the no historian or scholars able to answer with any kind of fide
policy of the country where i live, great britain, as moralistic because of foreign policy, and in some cases certainly libya in 2010, at first syria last year is more moralistic, not in religious terms available at all. in this work of obvious keyword since that in a deeper meaning it might. that moralism will continue to have religious and this even if it is not explicitly couched as religion or christian or whatever. i think i will end their. >> also for kevin comment andrew, speaking...
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foreign policy. part of the reason that there hasn't been a book on his foreign policy in nearly 70 years kind of a holistic human narrative about it, that's before the lincoln papers were released in the library of congress in 1947. so there's a lot of water under the bridge since then but i think one of the reasons there hasn't been a book about lincoln lincoln's foreign policies he had a very strong incompetent secretary of state in william henry seward. he dedicated a lot to seward. he didn't do a lot in foreign affairs but the things he did do were really important. i sliced a little differently. i have taken a look at the things that lincoln do and foreign relations. without saying he did everything or without saying everything right, he made some mistakes too >> was his foreign policy all tied in to the civil war? >> we treat the civil war period in this book but i also have a chapter early on about the mexican war. it was a freshman congressman in the house of representatives during the end o
foreign policy. part of the reason that there hasn't been a book on his foreign policy in nearly 70 years kind of a holistic human narrative about it, that's before the lincoln papers were released in the library of congress in 1947. so there's a lot of water under the bridge since then but i think one of the reasons there hasn't been a book about lincoln lincoln's foreign policies he had a very strong incompetent secretary of state in william henry seward. he dedicated a lot to seward. he...
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. >> you mentioned moral foreign-policy. how does the moral high ground advance by supporting saudi arabia? >> there is no doubt that saudi arabia has many problems internally. for decades the united states has tried to influence saudi arabia to be more transparent and protect the rights of their citizens. they are a key ally in the gulf, especially against iran. they are supporting rebels that have taken over the government of yemen. that is an example of how iran, emboldened by the nuclear negotiations is trying to convince their position within the region and undermine their adversaries. yemen has always remained hard to govern place because of its geographical positions and its terrain. it is the latest example of that, just like syria is an example of that like with hezbollah and the levant. they need to improve their treatment of citizens and they need to open up their marketplaces. in most cases, and america is more effective in doing that by working with the government in power to try to advance human rights, to try
. >> you mentioned moral foreign-policy. how does the moral high ground advance by supporting saudi arabia? >> there is no doubt that saudi arabia has many problems internally. for decades the united states has tried to influence saudi arabia to be more transparent and protect the rights of their citizens. they are a key ally in the gulf, especially against iran. they are supporting rebels that have taken over the government of yemen. that is an example of how iran, emboldened by...
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obviously foreign policy and war are intimately related in the real world because war -- foreign policies often lead intentionally or unintentionally to war. the fact of the matter is, that the choice between interventionism and a policy of a defensive grand strategy which i'm going to talk about is at this point not just a matter of, well, which one is nice? it's a matter of which one is consistent with where war is going? and war is at present undergoing the biggest change it has seen since the piece of west fail ya with the rise of what i call fourth generation of war. with the peace of westphalis did was give the state a monopoly on war and we think of that automatically. but before that, many different kinds of entities fought wars not just the state, the state was rather a new thing at this point. religions fought war, races fought war, tribes and business enterprises fought war, dynasties fought wars and they used many different means not just formal armies and navies. the fourth generation means that the state is now losing the monopoly on war it established with westphalia. again
obviously foreign policy and war are intimately related in the real world because war -- foreign policies often lead intentionally or unintentionally to war. the fact of the matter is, that the choice between interventionism and a policy of a defensive grand strategy which i'm going to talk about is at this point not just a matter of, well, which one is nice? it's a matter of which one is consistent with where war is going? and war is at present undergoing the biggest change it has seen since...
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morality has always informed our foreign policy. at what point does it become too much to bear watching a quarter million dead, enslavement of women -- i don't have to give you the litany of things going on -- is there anything on that front that says we do have to go in and help people? senator murphy: we do have to go in and help people. that is why does a constable the united states is largely on the sideline with regards to the refugee crisis. i certainly would entertain a zone that safe can be enforced by coalition troops. i'm not sure that can happen. i think that is worthy of consideration. there was a moral imperative behind the iraq war. there was a moral imperative behind our intervention in libya. we certainly know how the first turned out. it created more misery than it eliminated. in the second case, while the jury still may be a little bit out on libya, it seems as though our intervention there made things worse. we had no plan to clean it up. i think there is a proper response to the moral catastrophe inside syria. i
morality has always informed our foreign policy. at what point does it become too much to bear watching a quarter million dead, enslavement of women -- i don't have to give you the litany of things going on -- is there anything on that front that says we do have to go in and help people? senator murphy: we do have to go in and help people. that is why does a constable the united states is largely on the sideline with regards to the refugee crisis. i certainly would entertain a zone that safe...
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foreign policy. they emphasize that it would have different international priorities from westminster. most clearly, in their words, in matters of war and peace. the anti-nuclear argument is also based on value statements such as "trident is an affront to basic decency." the yes side is laying out aspirations for an ethics-based foreign policy, talking about scotland being a champion for international justice and peace, international development, human justice, butlimate there are only a few clues in how these would be implemented. scotland would not be an isolationist country but its participation in international peacekeeping would be governed by means of international legitimacy and respect for international law. many times along these lines we have asserted the hypothetical argument that an independent scotland would not have participated in iraq. lays a place in most dates foreign policy and it is the objective self-image. there is little talk of pride in the yes campaign materials but occasiona
foreign policy. they emphasize that it would have different international priorities from westminster. most clearly, in their words, in matters of war and peace. the anti-nuclear argument is also based on value statements such as "trident is an affront to basic decency." the yes side is laying out aspirations for an ethics-based foreign policy, talking about scotland being a champion for international justice and peace, international development, human justice, butlimate there are...
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described as the foreign policy is like 2%. if you add a foreign-policy national security defense spending, terrorism, you get to 11%. so the gap between buying of ten people saying it is important and 11% of people saying that somewhere in that set of issues there is something that might be the top three or a come of it is a huge gap. so i think you looked a couple of states and congressional districts in particular where maybe the military bases or big populations. in mississippi last month and in the primarendedthe primary thera huge issue just within the republican party and as the democrats voted as well the state likes being conservative is a huge beneficiary of the federal defense contracts pending. so i think that you look to those places and then in addition to sort of moving individual votes you do look to these issues as setting up the larger atmosphere people feel like things are out of control. >> speaking of the foreign-policy, there was interesting findings about her tenure at the state department. >> john's numb
described as the foreign policy is like 2%. if you add a foreign-policy national security defense spending, terrorism, you get to 11%. so the gap between buying of ten people saying it is important and 11% of people saying that somewhere in that set of issues there is something that might be the top three or a come of it is a huge gap. so i think you looked a couple of states and congressional districts in particular where maybe the military bases or big populations. in mississippi last month...
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>> guest: he is in a tough position in a number of domestic and foreign policy areas. this is a huge one. there is no easy solution to this and the president as far as what he can do -- he has some powers under the war powers act that he can continue airstrikes against isis but only for a certain amount of time. and many on the left, and some on the right -- the war politics have changed over the last ten years -- say wait a minute we will need congressional approval to continue this. that is going to be a debate when they get back in town next month. this solution, certainly the president was saying this, this isn't going to happen in days or week. this isn't going to be solved. this is going to be a tough, tough one and he has a lot. >> host: he has the legal authority but what point does it run out? >> guest: how much power does the president have is a big issue throughout the president. republicans saying he is using too much. in libya, when the united states got involved that went on for more than six months. that was beyond the war power acts. it is bit gray. but
>> guest: he is in a tough position in a number of domestic and foreign policy areas. this is a huge one. there is no easy solution to this and the president as far as what he can do -- he has some powers under the war powers act that he can continue airstrikes against isis but only for a certain amount of time. and many on the left, and some on the right -- the war politics have changed over the last ten years -- say wait a minute we will need congressional approval to continue this....
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they'll have a new foreign policy spokesman. who will those people be, and how much are leaders willing to let them speak for europe and attack places for country that they're back up and support. the e.u. project has always been an elite project. it has never really been sold to the people. you have seen that ovthe last foiv, five, six, years. is europe going to move forward, or is it going to continue to be the voice of many? one problem is that the president doesn't really have a solid partner. it has a solid partner that is in crisis. it's very good he's going, that he's in polanpoland, and his sp there will be very important because he's going to have to go to vision there and in some cases rekipdal some of the excitement in poland. smmz that we started dug in 2008. stopping the expansion of the eu, and we left countries like ukraine in the middle between the west on one side and russia on the other. that's a bad place to be. and i hope the message he will send is it's time for us to get back into our vision of what a europ
they'll have a new foreign policy spokesman. who will those people be, and how much are leaders willing to let them speak for europe and attack places for country that they're back up and support. the e.u. project has always been an elite project. it has never really been sold to the people. you have seen that ovthe last foiv, five, six, years. is europe going to move forward, or is it going to continue to be the voice of many? one problem is that the president doesn't really have a solid...
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is foreign-policy. a message that you are sending. certainly we are in agreement, we discussed the administration has had a policy of when it has acted week around the world. right now by the fact that we are being weaker. so so you mentioned some of our alliances. we talked about the various operating principles were the pillars of integrating foreign-policy, foreign-policy, strong defense, alliances, but also, risk before it is to level where it is difficult, truly difficult when you have fewer options to deal with. in terms of our policy a little bit. >> absolutely. it is tempting to want to think that america can hide behind our oceans or pretend of the world is going to become magically a safer place. i don't think. i don't think anybody is arguing, certainly i am not that america needs to become the world's policeman or a dictator to other parts of the world or intervene in every single hotspot or send troops at the drop of a hat. absolutely not. having said that, we also face asymmetric threats.
is foreign-policy. a message that you are sending. certainly we are in agreement, we discussed the administration has had a policy of when it has acted week around the world. right now by the fact that we are being weaker. so so you mentioned some of our alliances. we talked about the various operating principles were the pillars of integrating foreign-policy, foreign-policy, strong defense, alliances, but also, risk before it is to level where it is difficult, truly difficult when you have...
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obama handling of foreign-policy? for years people have said he's not tough enough. but, this question of the need to have a tough president, that perception of a president being tough, doesn't appeal to an authoritarian strain among some voters? aboutis some debate here what trump's appeal is. what does it say about the voters? is the question approve/disapprove obama's job on foreign-policy? it's almost a real question of how do you think things are going on in the world? if things feel uneasy about what is going on in the world, it is some's down. issue of strong leader, that question we have been asking forever, matters. americans tend to elect the person they see as the stronger of the two general election candidates. wheres one of those years that matters, foreign-policy is a big part of it. the notion of picking the candidate of the two who is the strong leader is not new and plays out almost every time. >> we are debating whether foreign-policy will be an issue in this election. time thishe last foreign-policy
obama handling of foreign-policy? for years people have said he's not tough enough. but, this question of the need to have a tough president, that perception of a president being tough, doesn't appeal to an authoritarian strain among some voters? aboutis some debate here what trump's appeal is. what does it say about the voters? is the question approve/disapprove obama's job on foreign-policy? it's almost a real question of how do you think things are going on in the world? if things feel...
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foreign policy and security are did he recalled by the times. the world political players and develop over long periods of time. their influenced to an extent by the president, the cabinet and by congress. the development of foreign policy is not like planting a seed in a green house and waiting for a fruit of vegetable
foreign policy and security are did he recalled by the times. the world political players and develop over long periods of time. their influenced to an extent by the president, the cabinet and by congress. the development of foreign policy is not like planting a seed in a green house and waiting for a fruit of vegetable
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welcome to the foreign policy initiative. welcome to a panel that should be at the heart of a issue for our conference today, a world in crisis for american leadership. great pleasure to welcome senator ted cruz for a conversation moderated by bill kristol who of course serves on foreign policy initiatives board of directors. in addition bill served previously in the executive branch as chief of staff to secretary of education william bennett, during the rage ban administration and to former vice president dan quayle. in 1995 he founded "the weekly standard," a magazine of which he is still the editor and i thank you so much, bill, for joining us again and for moderating this conversation. >> thanks, chris. thanks senator cruz for joining us. very busy time on the hill. managed to get away for an hour. even in this hour god knows what his colleagues are doing up there in the lame-duck session. we'll have to end this very promptly so you can go back and keep an eye on the mischief. i don't think ted cruz needs much introductio
welcome to the foreign policy initiative. welcome to a panel that should be at the heart of a issue for our conference today, a world in crisis for american leadership. great pleasure to welcome senator ted cruz for a conversation moderated by bill kristol who of course serves on foreign policy initiatives board of directors. in addition bill served previously in the executive branch as chief of staff to secretary of education william bennett, during the rage ban administration and to former...
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my topic is the religious influence of american foreign policy. especially to provide a sense of purpose for american and foreign policy but there is no surprise that they will be touching on religious freedom and it struck me so far that those themes keep popping up again and again. not just mine but now to discuss america's mission with the foreign policy but america says mission in the world and how that is changing in the age of obama. but today we're getting key crossroads where a powerful source of ideas and ideology that is changing as the may price of a hostage to fortune in the book that kathleen mentioned to the present i finished an epilogue discussed briefly george w. bush and barack obama did not wish to save much of either i did not want this history but even the briefings i said of the epilogue are now hopelessly out of date but i will try again to argue with myself. traditionally there to basic sources of religious influence but still diplomatic history and are quite controversial. the first source of the religious influence is top
my topic is the religious influence of american foreign policy. especially to provide a sense of purpose for american and foreign policy but there is no surprise that they will be touching on religious freedom and it struck me so far that those themes keep popping up again and again. not just mine but now to discuss america's mission with the foreign policy but america says mission in the world and how that is changing in the age of obama. but today we're getting key crossroads where a powerful...
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on trade, on immigration, on foreign policy. the jobs, incomes, and security of the american worker will always be my first priority. [applause] that failed to put its own interests first. both our friends and our enemies put their countries above ours, and we, while being fair to them, must start doing the same. we will no longer surrender this country or its people to the false song of globalism. the nation-state remains the true foundation for happiness and harmony. i am skeptical of international unions that tie us up and bring america down, and will never enter -- [applause] and under my administration, we will never enter america into any agreement that reduces our ability to control our own affairs. [applause] nafta, as an example, has been a total disaster for the united states and has emptied our states -- literally, emptied our states of our manufacturing and our jobs. and i've just gotten to see it. i've toured pennsylvania. i've toured new york. i've toured so many of the states. they have been cleaned out. their man
on trade, on immigration, on foreign policy. the jobs, incomes, and security of the american worker will always be my first priority. [applause] that failed to put its own interests first. both our friends and our enemies put their countries above ours, and we, while being fair to them, must start doing the same. we will no longer surrender this country or its people to the false song of globalism. the nation-state remains the true foundation for happiness and harmony. i am skeptical of...
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foreign policy. panelists on a range of issues including america's leadership and power in the world. lessons learned from the ooh rack and afghanistan wars and future relations with russia, china and india. this event is hosted by the center for american progress and runs 90 minutes. >> good morning. welcome to the center for american progress. we are extremely pleased to be sort of drawing to the end of the year with what we think will be an extremely lively discussion about future directions for u.s. foreign policy. it's an interesting time right now. the world is certainly in a state that many are describing as chaotic. it's hard to see how to balance threats from everything from terrorists and, you know, ungoverned spaces and large refugee flows to the trajectory being chosen by big powers like russia to rising powers like china that might be looking to change or up end the international order. and many of us in washington think tanks from across the political spectrum struggle with these issues
foreign policy. panelists on a range of issues including america's leadership and power in the world. lessons learned from the ooh rack and afghanistan wars and future relations with russia, china and india. this event is hosted by the center for american progress and runs 90 minutes. >> good morning. welcome to the center for american progress. we are extremely pleased to be sort of drawing to the end of the year with what we think will be an extremely lively discussion about future...
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first, maybe just a few words on china's foreign policy. and i promise i will not repeat the official china line. rather, i was like to offer my personal points of view. on what is behind the official point of view and how all this could be seen in proper setting. because china's foreign policy has been the subject, that many people have studied, discussed, written about and lectured on. it is a subject that is very often misunderstood. so as we visit this policy, under the policy level for a closer look at china's history and culture, behind the formulation of the policy, it is extremely important. and to connect the dots of history, culture and the foreign policy formulation is even more important. china's foreign policy could be summarized in a very simple and brief formulation. the independent foreign policy of peace. now here we have few words. independence and peace. and i believe these two words actually define the nature of the whole policy. first, independence. why independence is so important for china's foreign policy and for the
first, maybe just a few words on china's foreign policy. and i promise i will not repeat the official china line. rather, i was like to offer my personal points of view. on what is behind the official point of view and how all this could be seen in proper setting. because china's foreign policy has been the subject, that many people have studied, discussed, written about and lectured on. it is a subject that is very often misunderstood. so as we visit this policy, under the policy level for a...
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foreign policy initiative. it is a pleasure to welcome senator ben cardin, the ranking member on the senate foreign relations committee for our next discussion on the role of congress and foreign policy on the trump admin sfrags. he will be moderated by kristen. she is well-known and well-respected among all of us in washington. the particular for her service during a number of senior capacities during the bush administration, united states ambassador to the european union, assistant secretary of state for international organizations in the white house and baghdad. great to have a speaker and moderator who share what for us is an organizational interest in the promotion of human rights and democracy and strong american leadership in the world. i ask you to please join me in welcoming senator cardin. thank you very much. >> senator, it is always an honor to hear from you. i have dozens of topics i would love to talk about. i thought i would hop right into it and hopefully save about ten minutes at the end for au
foreign policy initiative. it is a pleasure to welcome senator ben cardin, the ranking member on the senate foreign relations committee for our next discussion on the role of congress and foreign policy on the trump admin sfrags. he will be moderated by kristen. she is well-known and well-respected among all of us in washington. the particular for her service during a number of senior capacities during the bush administration, united states ambassador to the european union, assistant secretary...
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foreign policy. so my modest case today is that we, one approach is to continue to count on this disconnect between the public and the elites. after all, it has existed for a long time. it is not a new phenomenon, and frankly, it hasn't mattered because there is continuity among the elites in the republican and democratic party, so if it doesn't have an outlet it doesn't manifest itself in elections. i sauna a little bit in reading brian and jim's articles. we'll see if it plays out that way in a minute. so the one approach is to expect it to continue. i think that's a reasonable approach the other approach which i hope we don't resort to is to obfuscate. and there's a couple different ways this manifests itself. jim talks about during the cold war, this presumption that we had these allies that were vital to national security interests led us to make truly outrageous claims about these people's commitments to liberty and human rights and democracy and again, it was a bipartisan conceit. and he quote
foreign policy. so my modest case today is that we, one approach is to continue to count on this disconnect between the public and the elites. after all, it has existed for a long time. it is not a new phenomenon, and frankly, it hasn't mattered because there is continuity among the elites in the republican and democratic party, so if it doesn't have an outlet it doesn't manifest itself in elections. i sauna a little bit in reading brian and jim's articles. we'll see if it plays out that way in...
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you can't have a foreign policy without domestic support. i happen to believe that americans are better off when the united states is involved, is respected and understand that we are the indispensable nation. [applause] >> in our final couple of things i'd like to talk about actual al politics which is bound actual politics which has been a theme of the discussions. if you are accessing the likely foreign policy of the republican administration, donald trump or otherwise, how different they think it could be from the last eight years, eight years before the? >> given what i've heard, that in very different, i think there's a real difference if i may say so, america is essential in foreign policy but it doesn't mean dictating to everybody. and what is the real aspect of diplomacy is being able to put us up into the other person's shoes, and understand that every agreement cannot be a zero-sum game. we need to respect the countries that we deal with. we can't insult everybody, and i think it is very important, i think it would be very differe
you can't have a foreign policy without domestic support. i happen to believe that americans are better off when the united states is involved, is respected and understand that we are the indispensable nation. [applause] >> in our final couple of things i'd like to talk about actual al politics which is bound actual politics which has been a theme of the discussions. if you are accessing the likely foreign policy of the republican administration, donald trump or otherwise, how different...
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policy and congress' foreign policy ajeblda as we reorient our policies to meet these new challenges. first we argue that america's nonkinetic tool set is dangerously underresourced. we seem to have forgotten the lessons of post-world war ii in which we were spending 3% of gdp on foreign aid in an attempt to rebuild stability in war-torn areas. we learned the lessons from after world war i and we invested gigantic sums of money in rebuilding our friends and our enemies to use economic development and political inclusiveness to stomp out instability that could undo the post-war balance of power. today foreign aid is 4% of what it was in 1950 as a share of our economy. a 96% realtime reduction. so we believe that a new marshal plan for at-risk regions like the middle east or portions of russia or china's periphery can get us the stability and win us the allies that were produced by a large nonmilitary investment in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. now, we don't need to spent 3% of gdp on foreign aid on this but you can't justify spending 15 times more money on military and military aid than
policy and congress' foreign policy ajeblda as we reorient our policies to meet these new challenges. first we argue that america's nonkinetic tool set is dangerously underresourced. we seem to have forgotten the lessons of post-world war ii in which we were spending 3% of gdp on foreign aid in an attempt to rebuild stability in war-torn areas. we learned the lessons from after world war i and we invested gigantic sums of money in rebuilding our friends and our enemies to use economic...
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we have multiple ways that we are watching and diversifying the foreign-policy. in the first year as the head of state to come to south korea the current president of the philippines to visit all of the major southeast asian states in her first year of presidency she has a new foreign-policy. so they are diversifying the policy and it isn't a coming sense that the demographic changes that are occurring having to draw from the population in the amount, indonesia, thailand etc.. so i leave open the question of how might the domestic demographic changes in south korea affect domestic identification in terms of political identification with south korea's current interest versus the future interest and how might they grow up to help the society in ways that are aimed towards peaceful relations in the greater northeast asian mass. >> thank you for your purchase on the issues. now it is time for us to invite the discussions. the first will be mr. robert. he served as the secretary of state a long time ago. he is usually working on the north the north korean nuclear issu
we have multiple ways that we are watching and diversifying the foreign-policy. in the first year as the head of state to come to south korea the current president of the philippines to visit all of the major southeast asian states in her first year of presidency she has a new foreign-policy. so they are diversifying the policy and it isn't a coming sense that the demographic changes that are occurring having to draw from the population in the amount, indonesia, thailand etc.. so i leave open...
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the context was foreign policy. the president answered he wanted to be remembered as the president who began rapprochement between the muslim world and the west. that has not happened. is that a disappointment? how does he think about that? how does he think about the fact he came into office perhaps uniquely suited because of his father's heritage, because of who he was and where he came from, perhaps uniquely suited to be a bridge figure between the two civilizations, and it hasn't happened? mr. mcdonough: it does not sound familiar to me. i think when i hear the president talk about foreign policy, i think he talks first and foremost about maintaining the strong national defense and protecting this country. overseas our influence in the most general sense. and i think in both of those, there is no question he has succeeded in that and will be remembered as the same. i think as it relates to the broader question of the relation definedthis broadly islim world and the west, think the president has set out a series
the context was foreign policy. the president answered he wanted to be remembered as the president who began rapprochement between the muslim world and the west. that has not happened. is that a disappointment? how does he think about that? how does he think about the fact he came into office perhaps uniquely suited because of his father's heritage, because of who he was and where he came from, perhaps uniquely suited to be a bridge figure between the two civilizations, and it hasn't happened?...
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chris griffin with the foreign policy initiative. it is a pleasure to welcome you back to our second session of the day with judge michael b. mukasey and representative mike pompeo and moderator ambassador eric edelman congressmanike al pompeo represents the irfourth district of kansas and sits on the house permanent select committee on intelligence, the committee on energy and commerce, and the house select committee on benghazi. after graduating first in his class from west point he was a cavalry officer in the ute army and later graduate from harvard law school. before his election to congress he was folk caused on the aero space and energy sectors. moderatingmoderating the converl be ambassador adeleman on the fbi board of directors. he retired as a career minister from the u.s. foreign minister in 2009. thank you, ambassador, for moderating this conversation, and you to join me in welcoming orriceses today. thank you. [applause] >> let me say i completely agree that we couldn't have two better people to discuss terror intelligen
chris griffin with the foreign policy initiative. it is a pleasure to welcome you back to our second session of the day with judge michael b. mukasey and representative mike pompeo and moderator ambassador eric edelman congressmanike al pompeo represents the irfourth district of kansas and sits on the house permanent select committee on intelligence, the committee on energy and commerce, and the house select committee on benghazi. after graduating first in his class from west point he was a...
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,hen we look at foreign-policy it says an interventionist foreign-policy guarantees failure. you find yourself in a war with nonstate forces and the nonstate forces beat you. foreign-policy is you don't want to start wars you know you're going to lose. many foreign ministries have done this but it does not mean the conservative test of prudence. you don't want to fight wars with other states. why? the losing state's legitimacy will disintegrate and that state will disintegrate. we saw this with libya. i warned before we started bombing libya that the outcome would be the destruction of the libyan state and another big victory for the fourth-generation. surprise. guess what happened? if you go to war with another state, regardless of which state wins the war, we will lose. . distinction that will drive international relations for the remainder of this century is not some kindergarten level of distinction between democracies or places that are free and dictatorships. it is between places that will be centers and sources of order and centers and sources of disorder. when we go t
,hen we look at foreign-policy it says an interventionist foreign-policy guarantees failure. you find yourself in a war with nonstate forces and the nonstate forces beat you. foreign-policy is you don't want to start wars you know you're going to lose. many foreign ministries have done this but it does not mean the conservative test of prudence. you don't want to fight wars with other states. why? the losing state's legitimacy will disintegrate and that state will disintegrate. we saw this with...
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host: i want to go back to some of these issues and talk about iraq and foreign policy, but let's talk about you. you were born in missouri and moved along -- around a lot as a child. what do you remember? former senator webb: my father was a pie that but did not have any college, so we spent one and half years back in missouri where i was born and then reentered the military. so from that period, all through my early life, we moved constantly. we had a lot of family separations. i like to say to our military people that i know what it is like to have a data deployed. i know what is like to be deployed, and i know what it is like to have a son to white. very much how we grew up, the sacrifices that military families make and the sense of duty that so many people who serve have. also i learned how to operate in a lot of different geographical and ethnic backgrounds. i went to nine different schools in five years. at one point, we were in missouri, texas, alabama, california nebraska, where i graduated from high school. so i learned a lot about the country, i think and i learned about du
host: i want to go back to some of these issues and talk about iraq and foreign policy, but let's talk about you. you were born in missouri and moved along -- around a lot as a child. what do you remember? former senator webb: my father was a pie that but did not have any college, so we spent one and half years back in missouri where i was born and then reentered the military. so from that period, all through my early life, we moved constantly. we had a lot of family separations. i like to say...
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foreign policy, domestic policy. requires congress, requires engaging the media, requires working with constituency groups, advocacy groups, lobbiests. carter's failure sets him up for failure and that begins in the first 1 0100 days. >> other than that, how was the play, mrs. lincoln? >> exactly. >> pete. >> i'm going to try to be brief upon pain of waterboarding as my moderator threatened us if we didn't leave time for q & a. i'm going to talk about the administration of george w. bush. like all presidential administrations, it also had a checkered record of success. there were some successes. the strategic outreach to india. the aids initiative in africa. i'm going to go well beyond the first 100 days though. if you all remember back to 2001, president bush came into office, he wanted to be the education president. you probably all forgot that. foreign policy was not his forte. we're going to move into the war on terror and the foreign policy after 9/11. although the circumstances surrounding each presidential adm
foreign policy, domestic policy. requires congress, requires engaging the media, requires working with constituency groups, advocacy groups, lobbiests. carter's failure sets him up for failure and that begins in the first 1 0100 days. >> other than that, how was the play, mrs. lincoln? >> exactly. >> pete. >> i'm going to try to be brief upon pain of waterboarding as my moderator threatened us if we didn't leave time for q & a. i'm going to talk about the...
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a continuation of the obama foreign policy that has foreign debts fallen short. she will break markedly with mr. obama. while trump's foreign policy seems random and unpredictable, and he actually bragged about this, it is hard to see how clinton's approach towards much better. any reaction? guest: my first reaction is it is not a surprise that what the president's's looks like is a major source of debate. for all of the people in america, including donald trump, saying america is weaker or does not matter, all the people overseas who say america has seen a power decline, i have seen this all the time and when we travel abroad. people are deeply concerned about what the current and next president might do. we are seen as the unrivaled global power despite china's rise and despite russia in the last year or two. america is seen as the standardbearer of all of this. it is not surprising to me and not having the benefit of hearing specific criticism, that people are raising concerns about whatever president clinton's foreign policy might look like. we are part of th
a continuation of the obama foreign policy that has foreign debts fallen short. she will break markedly with mr. obama. while trump's foreign policy seems random and unpredictable, and he actually bragged about this, it is hard to see how clinton's approach towards much better. any reaction? guest: my first reaction is it is not a surprise that what the president's's looks like is a major source of debate. for all of the people in america, including donald trump, saying america is weaker or...
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foreign policy is hard when you don't move -- you don't move foreign policy very quickly or if you move in quickly you don't move it very effectively. in 2008, 2007 the current president -- this is where you have to listen so carefully to what candidates tell you. you actually have -- you don't have to believe them. everybody says politicians spend too much tilying to the america people. listen to what they say. obama warned us in 2007 he was on public radio in new hampshire, i believe. he said the day after i'm elected, the world will see us differently. the muslim world will see us differently. that was a promise. he's carried through on that promise. the world does see us differently. in 2016 than they did in 2008. because he fundamentally changed our approach against radical jihadists and the threats we face out there. think about it. 2009 i'm in colorado. this is when there's the green revolution in iran. this is when there's people on the streets in iran that are protesting for freedom. and what is america's response? nothing. it is silence. and you're thinking, wow, if there's an
foreign policy is hard when you don't move -- you don't move foreign policy very quickly or if you move in quickly you don't move it very effectively. in 2008, 2007 the current president -- this is where you have to listen so carefully to what candidates tell you. you actually have -- you don't have to believe them. everybody says politicians spend too much tilying to the america people. listen to what they say. obama warned us in 2007 he was on public radio in new hampshire, i believe. he said...
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foreign policy. and he is also quite a renaissance man, having written a children's book and is a published poet. and i would say one of the most creative minds that i have known in washington. now, michael's piece today is called "the promise of american nationalism." and in it he pro poes a sweeping revision of american foreign and domestic policy, focusing on trade, immigration, and our approach to the outside world. and with that, i'd like to ask michael to speak for about 20 to 30 minutes and give us a press of his thoughts on the foreign policy and domestic policy debate right now. >> thank you, jacob. as you mentioned, this is a return for me in a sense to the national interest, where it was my privilege to serve as the executive editor a quarter century ago under owen harries when at a time at the end of the cold war the national interest, more than any other publication i think was responsible for one of the great debates of american foreign policy history, the national interest had a series
foreign policy. and he is also quite a renaissance man, having written a children's book and is a published poet. and i would say one of the most creative minds that i have known in washington. now, michael's piece today is called "the promise of american nationalism." and in it he pro poes a sweeping revision of american foreign and domestic policy, focusing on trade, immigration, and our approach to the outside world. and with that, i'd like to ask michael to speak for about 20 to...
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foreign-policy. >> return to u.s. foreign policies and the principles embodied in the doctrine in joining us now is brian could to list from the center for american progress and robert of the foreign policy initiative. version of the obama doctrine has been described as don't do stupid stuff. how would you describe the obama doctrine when it comes to u.s. intervention abroad? >> the phrase i would use is minimalist foreign policy. what i mean by that, president obama came into office really wanting to put at the forefront diplomacy. and also sort of engagement with rivals, that sort of thing. and he really wanted to in general diem in a size the military instrument. the problem is that in focusing so much on the means, i think sometimes the actual outcomes weren't always the focus. i think the most clear example of that is the russia, which despite the best of intentions yielded what we see now. in addition we're seeing it play out with iran. yesterday supreme leader talked about how these talks with united states are
foreign-policy. >> return to u.s. foreign policies and the principles embodied in the doctrine in joining us now is brian could to list from the center for american progress and robert of the foreign policy initiative. version of the obama doctrine has been described as don't do stupid stuff. how would you describe the obama doctrine when it comes to u.s. intervention abroad? >> the phrase i would use is minimalist foreign policy. what i mean by that, president obama came into...
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foreign policy should be. we should be careful and assess we are doing and not get carried away in some kind of idelogical crusade h whether it orfrankly engaging too much engaging too little. i think to be prudent you should facts as they are and try to come up with a policy that matched that reality. getting back to the question agreethe milennials, i with with chris that you are probably to the going to be any different than any other whether mine or the other you will have differences of opinions and interests this bring to the table but at end of the day just like the rest of us you will be shaped by and ha have to respond to events just like president obama is having to respond to what is happening in iraq right now. as it is.is you have an in box and vow to react to it. react to it.ve to where you have most of your control in the long run is capabilitiesh the and training and the understanding of what you do unexpectedve these someone either attacks or change of events. was of our depate idebateis all a
foreign policy should be. we should be careful and assess we are doing and not get carried away in some kind of idelogical crusade h whether it orfrankly engaging too much engaging too little. i think to be prudent you should facts as they are and try to come up with a policy that matched that reality. getting back to the question agreethe milennials, i with with chris that you are probably to the going to be any different than any other whether mine or the other you will have differences of...
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first one is on foreign policy. so you said e.u. and states are on collision course and basically e.u. was at heart of this sort of anti-american project. i have a few points. but first you also said e.u. had huge poll power in foreign policy and -- had huge power. i don't think you find a single person who believes that including the madam mogari. but anyway on at same time united states supported european construction last 60 years. it has been a bipartisan project in the european or united states to support european construction. european construction enlargement usually gone hand in hand with nato enlargement if you look at central and eastern europe and countries fall of soviet union. took example of iraq war. made a disingenuous case of iraq war had nothing to do with european union. some european union countries supported united states, sent troops to iraq, u.k., poland, italy, spain, portugal. other countries like france and germany opposed the war and arguments in favor of the war. i don't think it had much to do going with
first one is on foreign policy. so you said e.u. and states are on collision course and basically e.u. was at heart of this sort of anti-american project. i have a few points. but first you also said e.u. had huge poll power in foreign policy and -- had huge power. i don't think you find a single person who believes that including the madam mogari. but anyway on at same time united states supported european construction last 60 years. it has been a bipartisan project in the european or united...
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the independent foreign policy. here we have to keywords and i believe these two words actually defined the nature of the whole policy. first, independence. why independence is so important for chinese foreign policy and for the country? of course china has been an independent country for many centuries. we cherished independence very much and it is one of our fundamental values. but from 1840 to 1949, china was invaded by foreign power and lost much of its independence. princetons, china's custom services from 1861 to 1911 was controlled by a british official china was coerced into 343 illegal treaties at gunpoint. within authority million kilograms for the war and china lost 1.6 million square kilometers. so during that period it wasn't treated with respect, justice or fairness on the world stage. they are remembered by the chinese nation as a century of national humiliation. this led to the chinese revolution in the 20th century and motivated generations of chinese in the struggle with two national independence.
the independent foreign policy. here we have to keywords and i believe these two words actually defined the nature of the whole policy. first, independence. why independence is so important for chinese foreign policy and for the country? of course china has been an independent country for many centuries. we cherished independence very much and it is one of our fundamental values. but from 1840 to 1949, china was invaded by foreign power and lost much of its independence. princetons, china's...
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foreign-policy. my modest case today is the one approach is to continue to count on this disconnect between the people and the elite. it is not a new phenomenon and frankly it hasn't really mattered it plays out that way and a minute. i think that is a reasonable approach. there is a couple different ways this manifests itself. during the cold war, this presumption of course, it was a bipartisan problem. this is how vital it is. and to not resort to the sort of hyperbole that characterizes u.s. foreign-policy. this is from dean acheson's book. i urge people to make a case honestly for american hegemony. everyone, again, this is from dean acheson's book. when they were making the case for the truman doctrine. thator vandenberg defies dean acheson scare the hell out of people, and he said i will paint a picture clearer than the truth. in long history of american foreign-policy, speaking in a way that it doesn't expect them to respond well enough or urgently enough unless things are painted to them clea
foreign-policy. my modest case today is the one approach is to continue to count on this disconnect between the people and the elite. it is not a new phenomenon and frankly it hasn't really mattered it plays out that way and a minute. i think that is a reasonable approach. there is a couple different ways this manifests itself. during the cold war, this presumption of course, it was a bipartisan problem. this is how vital it is. and to not resort to the sort of hyperbole that characterizes u.s....
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foreign policy. red wines and syria is a perfect example. i can't understand for a second why president obama declared during the hearing that president al-assad had to go. i don't understand why he had to say that. president al-assad of course [inaudible] not aware at least the station never made evidence that public debate to president al-assad was acting against the united states. to the best of my knowledge we had a diplomatic relations with al-assad and the current secretary of state. so the question was why is it that it was an independent country, not an american colony why would the president of the united states be saying that al-assad had to go unless we have a specific plan to remove him? and that of course quite similar in the case of egypt and other countries where he was saying that mubarak had to go and the situation in egypt where mubarak had him in power again and the administration doesn't seem [inaudible] but in the case of syria there were indications of chemical weapons and was t
foreign policy. red wines and syria is a perfect example. i can't understand for a second why president obama declared during the hearing that president al-assad had to go. i don't understand why he had to say that. president al-assad of course [inaudible] not aware at least the station never made evidence that public debate to president al-assad was acting against the united states. to the best of my knowledge we had a diplomatic relations with al-assad and the current secretary of state. so...
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despite the fact that almost no expense in foreign policy, this president has been the foreign policy decision maker in this white house. every major foreign policy issue that this administration cares about has gotten decided in the oval office. he is a decided, no question about that. the other thing which we thought was quite remarkable is that was actually a doctorate, actually an identifiable pattern of behavior believe behind what he does. it has three characteristics to it, three elements and i will outline very quickly. the first is you spend more time with your enemies than you do with your friends. i guess this is kind of a holdover of chicago politics which is low, and people are giving you trouble sit down and say let's make a deal. protect a little of your turf, i'll protect all of my. cut a deal. you spend more time negotiating with your enemy than you do building relationships with your friends. the second is is just beginning but he but the bush. president obama since the beginning has really tried to live the progressive dream of foreign policy which is in a sense sub
despite the fact that almost no expense in foreign policy, this president has been the foreign policy decision maker in this white house. every major foreign policy issue that this administration cares about has gotten decided in the oval office. he is a decided, no question about that. the other thing which we thought was quite remarkable is that was actually a doctorate, actually an identifiable pattern of behavior believe behind what he does. it has three characteristics to it, three...
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foreign-policy challenges. after that we will hear from gop presidential candidates for perry and governor scott walker. the head of the opposite or snow management will be back on capitol hill tomorrow to take questions about her recent data security breach. live coverage from the senate appropriations subcommittee starts at 10:30 eastern on c-span3. nextgen advocate senator chris murphy talks about some of the foreign-policy challenges facing the u.s.. the first-term senator served as the lead democrat on the foreign relations counterterrorism subcommittee. senator murphy gave remarks and answer questions at the wilson center. >> welcome to the woodrow wilson center. we are pleased to have senator murphy with us today. and the negative vice president he center and greetings on behalf of jane harman of jane harman are present in seau. wilson center as you know it is a trusted platform in space for nonpartisan dialogue on global issues as well as lisa does a great deal of research on regional issues global issu
foreign-policy challenges. after that we will hear from gop presidential candidates for perry and governor scott walker. the head of the opposite or snow management will be back on capitol hill tomorrow to take questions about her recent data security breach. live coverage from the senate appropriations subcommittee starts at 10:30 eastern on c-span3. nextgen advocate senator chris murphy talks about some of the foreign-policy challenges facing the u.s.. the first-term senator served as the...
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foreign policy. red lines in syria a is a perfect example. i couldn't understand for a second why president obama declared very early during the syrian uprising that president assad had to go. i don't understand why he had to say that. president assad, of course, is a nasty eye rant, but he was not -- tyrant, but he was not known in the united states. we were not aware, at least the administration never made public any evidence that president assad was acting against the united states. to the best of my knowledge, we had diplomatic relations with assad. we had senator kerry, our current secretary of state, coming to damascus and being quite friendly to him. so the question was why is that assuming syria was an independent country, not an american colony, why would the president of the united states be saying assad had to go unless we had a specific plan to remove him? and that, of course, quite similar to -- [inaudible] in the case of egypt and ore countries where he was -- other countries where he w
foreign policy. red lines in syria a is a perfect example. i couldn't understand for a second why president obama declared very early during the syrian uprising that president assad had to go. i don't understand why he had to say that. president assad, of course, is a nasty eye rant, but he was not -- tyrant, but he was not known in the united states. we were not aware, at least the administration never made public any evidence that president assad was acting against the united states. to the...
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foreign policy was way down. now issue think there a couple things going on there. one is republicans would disapprove president obama probably if the could change straw into gold there would be something wrong with the gold. and so there's just a deep partisan feeling against president obama, but the other thing is, americans want two things at the same time. they do not want a disorderly world. they do not want the rise of groups like isis and they don't want us to do too much to intervene in weighed that will hurt us again. reminded me of, looking at the survey the -- a famous observation that americans are operational liberals buddiedologial conservatives. they don't like government in theory but like stuff government does, and some of the stuff government gives them. similarly, americans are ideological interventionist but operationally cautious, and i think that is -- >> you see that right there. >> right in our faces here, and so for the president there is this challenge where they -- americans want someho
foreign policy was way down. now issue think there a couple things going on there. one is republicans would disapprove president obama probably if the could change straw into gold there would be something wrong with the gold. and so there's just a deep partisan feeling against president obama, but the other thing is, americans want two things at the same time. they do not want a disorderly world. they do not want the rise of groups like isis and they don't want us to do too much to intervene in...
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and foreign policy. i agree that will not be enough, there will have to be a positive vision. i think it will be harder for the democratic candidate to fight the bush election again, because it will be 8, 9, 10, 14 years before. and so, it will be difficult. mr. obama has been fighting mr. bush from day one. the reaction gets more and more negative with the passage of time. i think the sense in the country that things are going wrong overseas means that unlike in the 2012 election when generally, mr. romney to not -- did not focus much on foreign-policy, here you will see national security as a major issue. probably as major as the 1980 election. who knows what will happen in the next 18 months, but i do not think it will be good. that will be a major issue. the question will be what do we do. either candidate, republican or democrat will have to come up with a viable answer. i don't think claiming credit for climate change as a security issue, which by the way is a major element of the current national
and foreign policy. i agree that will not be enough, there will have to be a positive vision. i think it will be harder for the democratic candidate to fight the bush election again, because it will be 8, 9, 10, 14 years before. and so, it will be difficult. mr. obama has been fighting mr. bush from day one. the reaction gets more and more negative with the passage of time. i think the sense in the country that things are going wrong overseas means that unlike in the 2012 election when...
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and foreign policy. i agree entirely that that's not going to be enough that there will have to be a positive vision. i think it will be a little harder for the democratic candidate to fight the bush election again because it will have been eight, nine 10 12, 14 years before. and so it will be difficult. i mean mr. obama has been fighting mr. bush from day one and the reaction gets more and more negative with the passage of time. i think the sense in the country that things are going wrong overseas means that unlike in the 2012 election win generally speaking mr. romney didn't focus much on foreign policy gear you're going to national security as a major issue again. probably as made in asia as well as in the 1980 election. who knows what's going to happen in the next 18 months, but i don't think it's going to be very good. and so that would be a major issue. the question will then be what do we do about it. either candidate, republican or democrat, had to come up with a viable answer. i don't think clai
and foreign policy. i agree entirely that that's not going to be enough that there will have to be a positive vision. i think it will be a little harder for the democratic candidate to fight the bush election again because it will have been eight, nine 10 12, 14 years before. and so it will be difficult. i mean mr. obama has been fighting mr. bush from day one and the reaction gets more and more negative with the passage of time. i think the sense in the country that things are going wrong...